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davy jones
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun davy jones has 1 sense
- davy jones(n = noun.object) davy jones's locker, ocean bottom, ocean floor, sea bottom, sea floor, seabed - the bottom of a sea or ocean; Array has particulars: abyssal zone, continental shelf, bathyal district, bathyal zone, continental slope, neritic zone, twilight zone
is a kind of bed, bottom
OXFORD DICTIONARY
davy jones, n. sl.
1 (in full Davy Jones's locker) the bottom of the sea, esp. regarded as the grave of those drowned at sea.
2 the evil spirit of the sea.
1 (in full Davy Jones's locker) the bottom of the sea, esp. regarded as the grave of those drowned at sea.
2 the evil spirit of the sea.
Etymology
18th c.: orig. unkn.
THESAURUS
davy jones
Davy, Dylan, Neptune, Nereid, Nereus, Oceanid, Oceanus, Poseidon, Thetis, Triton, Varuna, fresh-water nymph, kelpie, limniad, man fish, mermaid, merman, naiad, nix, nixie, ocean nymph, sea devil, sea god, sea nymph, sea-maid, sea-maiden, seaman, siren, undine, water god, water spirit, water sprite
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